Baloo — The Jungle Book Character Profile

About Baloo

A wise and protective sloth bear who mentors Mowgli, offering guidance and companionship in the wild.

Baloo — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Other

Abilities

Brute force, Climbing, Foraging, Protective combat, Jungle lore

• Strength: 8.5/10
• Intelligence: 5/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 8/10
• Influence: 6/10

Affiliations

• Free People

Baloo's Known Relations

• Free People — Member of
• Shere Khan — Enemy

Baloo appears in 2 titles

• The Jungle Book (2016)
• Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Bill Murray

Appears in

The Jungle Book (2016)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Baloo — related — King Louie (Christopher Walken)
• Baloo — friend — Mowgli (Neel Sethi)

  Baloo teaches Mowgli survival and companionship

• Baloo — alliance — Bagheera (Ben Kingsley)

  Collaborate to guide Mowgli safely through the jungle in 2016 film

• Baloo — conflict — King Louie (Christopher Walken)

  Confront King Louie during the temple sequence

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• Mowgli (Neel Sethi)
• Bagheera (Ben Kingsley)
• Shere Khan (Idris Elba)
• Gray (voice) (Brighton Rose)
• Kaa (Scarlett Johansson)
• Raksha (Lupita Nyong'o)
• Young Wolf #2 (voice) (Max Favreau)
• Raquel the Rhino (voice) (Madeleine Favreau)
• Young Wolf #5 (voice) (Knox Gagnon)
• Young Wolf #3 (voice) (Chloe Hechter)
• Young Wolf #6 (voice) (Sasha Schreiber)
• Young Wolf #7 (voice) (Kai Schreiber)